Remembering Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 Years Later, Part I

...gasmasks in that tent. A lot of the pictures that I have is us just sitting there reading books in gasmasks, or we’re going out for a run in gasmasks,...

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Juneteenth Flag

Juneteenth: How Wisconsin Was There at the Beginning

...is important to remember that this is not just a holiday for segments of our communities today. It is truly and rightly a national celebration - to elevate and acknowledge...

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Headshot photograph of Chester L. Krause

Chester Krause on the Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

...I remember taking a series of pictures of all that crazy stuff, but I was awful careful who I gave them to. I mean, when I came home, when I...

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The Barber Brothers

Generations of Service

...example in World War II, joining the army in 1942 and being posted to a logistics headquarters in Italy and later the French Riviera. The Barber brothers in Hawaii before...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM HOSTS “THE LIFE OF A SCOUT SNIPER IN IRAQ” PRESENTATION

...Museum is an educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across from the State Capitol. For more information, visit www.wisvetsmuseum.com....

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2011 Spring Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War

...test, administered by the government to immigrants seeking naturalization, accepts three “right” answers to its question about what led to the Civil War: “slavery,” “economic reasons,” and “states’ rights.” In...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain’s Military Miniature Company Team-Up to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War

...For more information on this event, contact Jennifer Carlson at (608) 264-6086 or Jennifer.carlson@dva.state.wi.us. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is a free public educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans...

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IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ

...TEMPORARY EXHIBIT IS OPEN UNTIL SUMMER 2020 In 1937, Harold F. Schmitz earned a degree in advertising design from the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee. The Hammersmith-Kortmeyer Company hired...

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Helen Bulovsky-The Wild Nightmare

...left I cried – I really don’t know what for, but I couldn’t help it.” Helen did her best while serving those that needed her most. As the war continued,...

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Part I: Okinawa: Genesis of a Battle

...surrounding Ryukyu Islands, codenamed ICEBERG, resulted from strategy decisions of the previous summer. After the invasion of the Mariana Islands in June and July, 1944, U.S. forces stood ready to...

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